NHS Archives - Empoword Journalism https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/tag/nhs/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:24:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Fire Fire: Notes From the Public Sector Frontline https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/fire-fire-notes-from-the-public-sector-frontline/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/fire-fire-notes-from-the-public-sector-frontline/#respond Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:24:57 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=59895 As a drama therapist, I believe in the profound power of psychological therapy to heal pain. But no mental health intervention is going to be much use to someone whose world is falling to pieces around them – literally.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/fire-fire-notes-from-the-public-sector-frontline/feed/ 0 NHS Self-Care Campaigns: Genuine Solutions Or Cosmetic Fixes? https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/nhs-self-care-campaigns-genuine-solutions-or-cosmetic-fixes/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/nhs-self-care-campaigns-genuine-solutions-or-cosmetic-fixes/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2024 12:41:06 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=58576 The recent years have seen the National Health Service (NHS) encounter numerous challenges. From the Covid-19 pandemic that took the world by surprise to chronic underfunding and resource shortages, the NHS is certainly not at the top of the game. Consequently, the public health services have been busy adopting a... unique strategy of self-care campaigns.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/nhs-self-care-campaigns-genuine-solutions-or-cosmetic-fixes/feed/ 0 The Devastating Consequences of Barriers To Trans Healthcare https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-devastating-consequences-of-barriers-to-trans-healthcare/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-devastating-consequences-of-barriers-to-trans-healthcare/#respond Sun, 02 Jun 2024 22:13:05 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=58096 Barriers to trans healthcare, or gender-affirming care, are having a devastating effect on the mental health and well-being of many transgender people. What do they have to say about NHS waiting times, the Cass Report and a system rife with transphobia?

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-devastating-consequences-of-barriers-to-trans-healthcare/feed/ 0 Meet The Women Fighting To Improve Welsh Endometriosis Care https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/meet-the-women-fighting-to-improve-welsh-endometriosis-care/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/meet-the-women-fighting-to-improve-welsh-endometriosis-care/#respond Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:42:27 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=57045 Women with endometriosis are forming support groups across Wales, offering advice and creating communities for those living with the often overlooked condition. 

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/meet-the-women-fighting-to-improve-welsh-endometriosis-care/feed/ 0 British Satisfaction With The NHS Hits An All-Time Low https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/current-affairs/british-satisfaction-with-the-nhs-hits-an-all-time-low/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/current-affairs/british-satisfaction-with-the-nhs-hits-an-all-time-low/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:32:58 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=56707 The British Social Attitudes Poll found that British citizen satisfaction with the NHS is at its lowest-ever level.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/current-affairs/british-satisfaction-with-the-nhs-hits-an-all-time-low/feed/ 0 Are UK Children Facing a Mental Health Crisis? https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/are-uk-children-facing-a-mental-health-crisis/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/are-uk-children-facing-a-mental-health-crisis/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:05:03 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=55001 Statistics published during Children’s Mental Health Week revealed concerning trends that professionals have deemed to constitute a children’s mental health crisis. 

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/are-uk-children-facing-a-mental-health-crisis/feed/ 0 No GP? No Problem: Pharmacists can now treat common illnesses https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/current-affairs/nhs-pharmacy-scheme-allows-pharmacists-to-treat-common-illnesses/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/current-affairs/nhs-pharmacy-scheme-allows-pharmacists-to-treat-common-illnesses/#respond Wed, 14 Feb 2024 13:08:46 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=53800 Pharmacists in England will now be able to assess and treat patients affected by common illnesses without having to see a GP.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/current-affairs/nhs-pharmacy-scheme-allows-pharmacists-to-treat-common-illnesses/feed/ 0 Lucy Letby: why wasn’t the killer in plain sight stopped? https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/lucy-letby-why-wasnt-the-killer-in-plain-sight-stopped/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/lucy-letby-why-wasnt-the-killer-in-plain-sight-stopped/#respond Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:05:55 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=46845 Since news broke of Lucy Letby's rare whole-life sentence for the murder of seven babies, too much commentary only refers to her as a former neonatal nurse or 33-year-old woman. Let’s call her what she is: the UK’s most prolific child serial killer. 

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/lucy-letby-why-wasnt-the-killer-in-plain-sight-stopped/feed/ 0 Britain celebrates 75 years of the NHS https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/britain-celebrates-75-years-of-the-nhs/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/britain-celebrates-75-years-of-the-nhs/#respond Fri, 14 Jul 2023 16:37:00 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=43400 Launched on July 5th 1948, Britain is celebrating 75 years of the National Health Service (NHS). 

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/britain-celebrates-75-years-of-the-nhs/feed/ 0 Junior Doctors: Stop Pitting Workers’ Strikes Against Each Other https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/junior-doctors-stop-pitting-workers-strikes-against-each-other/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/junior-doctors-stop-pitting-workers-strikes-against-each-other/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2023 13:58:47 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=39436 Earlier this month, NHS junior doctors took to industrial action to demand a pay restoration of thirty-five percent, in line with inflation.

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